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List of United States senators from Kansas

List of United States senators from Kansas

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This is a list of United States senators from Kansas. Kansas was admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861, and its senators belong to class 2 and class 3. Kansas's current senators are Republicans Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall. 29 of Kansas's senators have been Republicans, three have been Democrats, and two have been Populists. Arthur Capper was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1919 to 1949.

Current delegation
Senator Jerry Moran
(R)
Senator Roger Marshall
(R)

Kansas last elected a Democratic senator in 1932, and both seats have been occupied by Republicans since 1939, the longest current streak of one party controlling both of a state's Senate seats. Its class 2 seat has been occupied consecutively by Republicans since 1919, the longest current streak for a single seat in the country.[1]

List of senators

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See also

Notes

  1. Kansas did not elect its senators until two months after statehood.

References

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    Bump, Philip. "The partisan history of every U.S. Senate seat, in 1 awesome chart". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
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    United States Congress. "James Henry Lane (id: L000061)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress., Retrieved Jan 15, 2011
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    United States Congress. "Edmund Gibson Ross (id: R000445)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress., Retrieved January 15, 2011
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    Byrd, p. 108.
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    United States Congress. "Alexander Caldwell (id: C000027)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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    Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. ... Kansas: Standard Publishing Company. p. 757. ISBN 9780722249055.
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    "Peffer's Successor Chosen". The New York Times. January 28, 1897. p. 1.
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    "J.R. Burton the Choice in Kansas". The New York Times. January 23, 1901. p. 5.
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    Proceedings of the House of Representatives of the State of Kansas. Thirteenth Biennial Session, Topka, Jan 13 to Mar 13, 1903. Topeka, Kansas. 1903. pp. 303–306.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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